Eric Gordon will swimsuit up for the Bahamas National Basketball Team, regardless that he helped Team USA win gold in 2010 on the FIBA World Cup.
Since then, Gordon has reportedly needed to make the change to the Bahamas staff as his mom hails from the area.
Bahamas basketball web site tenth Year Seniors confirmed the information on Monday.
“USA Basketball granted Gordon’s release and FIBA approved his change of country representation due to Article 22 of its Internal Regulations,” they tweeted.
“Article 22 prohibits a player from changing national team allegiance once he has participated in a major FIBA competition. Gordon previously competed for the USA in the 2010 FIBA World Cup. The article can be amended at FIBAs discretion if the player is joining a developing national team program and the move is deemed “in the best interest of basketball.”
Gordon instantly joined the staff and took part within the second pleasant sport in Puerto Rico towards the Kansas Jayhawks on Monday.
He was the staff’s second-highest level scorer with 12 and grabbed two assists within the contest.
Fellow NBA participant Buddy Hield was the staff’s finest as he recorded 19 factors, 4 rebounds to go along with 4 assists.
Deandre Ayton and Kai Jones are two different NBA gamers on the roster that will likely be aiming to take the Bahamas to the 2024 Olympics by pre-qualifying on the FIBA Americas video games.
These video games will happen on August 14-20 in Santiago del Estero and La Banda, Argentina.
Argentina, Bahamas, Cuba and Panama are in Group Some time Chile, Colombia, Virgin Islands and Uruguay are in Group B.
The prime two groups from every group advance to the semifinals and the 5 groups that win the pre-qualifying tournaments advance to subsequent 12 months’s FIBA Olympic qualifying tournaments in July.
The winners of these will earn a spot within the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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